Paris je napisal/-a:k kak Axiam, čip širip.

Doktor je napisal/-a:Komentar ni daleč od resnice, kvečjemu je malce hudomušen. Konec koncev je enako butasto prerokovat, kaj bo čez sto let.

Tisto kar v EU razumemo kot avto bo posebna, bistveno dražja NANO različica.

Indijskemu trgu pa je dovolj, da se družina iz motorja presede na oz v nekaj kar ima 4 kolesa in potnike ščiti pred dežjem.

Podobno kot je AIXAM namenjen "motoristu" oz nekomu, ki nima B izpita, potrebuje pa nekaj več kot kolo z motorjem, hoče se vozit avtomobilsko, v prtljažnik naložit več kot le čelado, poleg sebe pa še prostor za kolega ali kolegico.

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Tata Motors says it has received 203,000 orders for its Nano, the world's cheapest car, which went on sale last month.

India's largest vehicle maker said it received orders worth worth 25bn rupees ($510m; £340m) between 9 and 25 April.

However, production problems mean Tata will only be able to deliver 100,000 cars by the end of 2010.

The basic Nano costs 1 lakh, or 100,000 rupees ($2,025; £1,340), and a 95,000 rupees deposit must be paid up front.

Deliveries of the vehicle will start in July. Tata Motors said it would randomly select the people who would get the first shipment.

Some Indian analysts have said the company had been expecting even higher demand for the vehicle - which received huge publicity when the plans were unveiled last year.

The size of the deposit required, and the lack of a model to test drive, had held back some would-be consumers they said.

'Warm welcome'

Half of the orders were for the most deluxe version of the car, which comes with air conditioning and electric windows, and the remaining 30% for a mid-range model.

Tata said only 20% of customers opted for the cheapest version of the car.

The booking fee, or deposit, required for the deluxe model is 140,000 rupees, which has a full price of 185,000 rupees.

"Tata Motors places on record its gratitude to the people of India for according such a warm welcome to the Tata Nano," the company said.

Applicants have also had to pay up to 300 rupees for an application form.

Tata hopes the low-cost of the car will encourage millions of Indians to trade up from their motorcycles.

Currently, there are about nine cars per 1,000 people in India.

Nano will have three versions in India: Standard, CX and LX. Standard, as the name states, will be the entry-level version. It will cost, in Pant Nagar, 112,735 rupees, or US$ 2,232.38, or a little above 1 lakh, or 100,000 rupees, or US$ 1,980.20, as promised. According to Tata, the car will cost 1 lakh when it leaves the factory, what, in our opinion, is not of much help for the final consumer. Anyway, Nano is still very cheap. For this vehicle, reservation price is 95,000 rupees, or US$ 1,881.19.

The Nano Standard offers three colour options, one-tone seats and a foldable rear seat. By the way, all Nano units are 3.1 m long, 1.5 m wide and 1.6 m tall, with a 624 cm³ rear two-cylinder engine mated to a four speed gearbox. The engine generates 35 bhp at 5,250 rpm and 48 Nm at 3,000 rpm, what helps the 600 kg car reach a top speed of 105 km/h and emit only 101 g/km, with a fuel consumption of 23.6 km/l. With its 15 l fuel tank, Nano has a mileage of 354 km.

Nano has no disk brakes, only drums in all four wheels. Considering the car's weigh and top speed, this should be no problem in city traffic, but may cause overheating in highways. This may be a reason for Nano's short warranty period: only 18 months or 24,000 km, whatever comes first.

The intermediary version of Nano, CX, offers five colour options, parcel shelf, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), two-tone seats, a foldable rear seat with nap rest and, surprise, booster-assisted brakes. In other words, anyone missing ABS shoud try to stop a Standard Nano without getting tired very quickly. CX prices go from 139,780 rupees, or US$ 2,767.92, to 160,320 rupees, or US$ 3,174.65. Its reserve price is 120,000 rupees, or US$ 2,376.24.

The top Nano, called LX, offers everything CX does plus fabric seats, central locking, front power windows, body coloured exteriors in three premium colours, probably mettalic ones, fog lamps, electronic trip meter, cup holder in the front console, mobile charger point and a rear spoiler. Prices for LX range from 170,335 rupees to 185,375 rupees, or US$ 3,372.97 to US$ 3,670.79. Its reserve price has been established at 140,000 rupees, or US$ 2,772.28.